How to Paint a Realistic Peacock Using Watercolor Pencils

[@itsok4656]

Thank you for showing how to use watercolor pencils. This video is very helpful. Love the close up view so I can see how everything is working together.

[@craftykat]

Wow! This is amazing; you are so very talented! Thank you for sharing.

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

I appreciate that!

[@annemiekebelgraver7400]

And again a wonderful painting! I do have watercolor pencils! So I’m gonna try this gorgeous one!

[@natur3l0v3r]

What a great tip from your viewer to brush directly from the pencil! So perfect for those tiny details.

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Glad you like it!

[@iangallager4091]

relaxing and very helpful video for beginners like myself, thank you Emily

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

You’re most welcome!

[@suarnataart9597]

Beautiful painting

[@wendyleader8905]

Thank you loved this video

[@gregzart0278]

This is awesome peacock watercolor painting... have a nice day

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Thank you! You too!

[@annejameson3425]

BEAUTIFUL!!

[@SarahNewburyArt]

Lovely painting Emily! 😊💜

[@tatardenisa6020]

Wow! I love this. Could you make more watercolor pencil tutorials? I really like your teaching style.

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I would definitely consider making more!

[@tatardenisa6020]

@@EmilyOlsonArt thank you so much Emily. I discovered you yesterday and I already binge watched a lot of your videos. 😅😅 I tried to create a painting yesterday, taking into consideration your tips and it's looking amazing. Thank you again! Greetings from Romania! :)

[@loonylinda]

really nice i wish i could draw

[@photosbypersephone]

So incredible! Thank you so much for the tutorial!

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Glad you liked it!

[@PaintingwithIrene-Clarke]

never heard of water color Pencils-this looks great-subbed

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Thanks for subbing!

[@leanncunningham7167]

Do excited to use my pencils. Thank you

[@kedimart2057]

amazing !!

[@3rdeyeopen802]

Very nice! Thank you. ❤👍

[@kmosker]

OMG, I'm off to Hobby Lobby right now!

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

YEEEESSSSS! 🙌

[@rosecrawford3034]

Toward the very end of your peacock painting, you added very small dots of white and light green. Then the video sped forward and I missed seeing the affect when you added water. Did the added very light colors just lighten up the area? Did you just dot the water brush over the dots? Curious...

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Thanks for your question! I actually just added the dots and left them alone--adding water would have made those tiny highlights just disappear.

[@dornazkarimipourfard6431]

👍👍👌

[@poonammehraifci7224]

I took reference and tried to make it but was nowhere near you

[@ChristinaTodd1970]

I have the 60 set of Albrecht Dürer and never use them. I just don’t see the point (ha ha, pun🙄) Your peacock is beautiful and fun to watch you paint it, but wouldn’t it have been faster just to use regular watercolor? I don’t see the benefit of using them. I thoughtI would love my set and saved for months to purchase it, and yet it sits, unused except for the odd sketch (to be eventually painted with watercolor, not the pencils.) I feel robbed of the joy of watercolor pencils.

[@grannysmithart]

One nice thing about watercolor pencils is ease of transport, set up, and clean up. You can use them for a wet underpainting, then when dry, use the same pencils dry to get more detail.

[@ChristinaTodd1970]

grannysmithartvideo I've got a Portable Painter set up for painting on the go and I have a little studio area in my kitchen so set up is easy, it's always ready, and clean up is easy too. For ME watercolor pencils don't make sense and seems to take twice as long. I wish I could enjoy them, I spent a lot of money on them, but I don't ☹️

[@mc_va]

Christina Todd you could gift them to someone you know, maybe? I’m sure anyone who has them would be really happy. Sorry for Bad english.

[@ChristinaTodd1970]

M.C. V.A. I *should* gift them. But for some weird reason I can't stand parting with them. Maybe I'm hoping one day the clouds will part and I'll suddenly see the wonder if the watercolor pencil. 🤔

[@florafauna5913]

@@ChristinaTodd1970 Have you tried doing a watercolor painting and adding details with the dry watercolor pencils at the end? The whole project does not need to be only pencil :)

[@heysiri840]

Your Instagram account name please 😀

[@ephraimudoka6042]

This is beautiful, thank you so much for the tutorial.

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Glad you like it!